July 30, 2023
Summer Worship
Worship at 9:30 am

Presiding Minister: David Grafton

Preacher: Elaine Ramshaw

Assisting Minister: Calli Micale

Lectors: Daniel Pflueger & Lynn Arezzini

Altar Guild: Tyler Fair

Livestream: Blair Goodlin

Tellers: Elaine Ramshaw & Blair Goodlin

Ushers: Ray Bussolini

Bread Baker: Rebecca Lerud

Coffee Set-Up: Mary Ann Nelson

Organ: Maria Coffin

Cantor: Veronica Brisson

Worship Livestream

We stream Sunday worship services live on Bethesda’s YouTube Channel. Join us live at 9:30 am every Sunday or watch the recording afterward.

Click here to access this Sunday's bulletin.

Coming Up at Bethesda

Godspeed to Vicar Gabrielle Brown

Vicar Gabrielle’s internship has come to an end.

She sends her sincere thanks for all who helped with moving--especially loading the truck with her belongings. Everything fit and she and her spouse are Colorado-bound.

Please add and/or keep the Brown family in your prayers.

Thanks.
 
[email protected]         

719-352-8918

Gabrielle Brown 1385 Bison Ridge Drive Colorado Springs CO 80919

We Need Volunteers for July & August

Email administrative assistant, Tyler Fair ([email protected]) to volunteer for needed roles!

The following roles need filled for August 6th: two lectors, two tellers, livestream, coffee set-up.

Christian Community Action (CCA) Announcements

The July 2023 Food Challenge For Christian Community Action

During the last month, Bethesda’s Food Cart has donated well over 950 food items

to CCA’s Food Pantry. The seed money received from the Thrivent Action Team

program, which ended on 07-24-2023, yielded 17% of the total items delivered,

and the remaining portion is from Bethesda’s extraordinary generosity. The givers and the receivers truly blessed!

A heartfelt thank you flows from all the CCA staff to the Bethesda community

for this support as well as for the multiple other means of Bethesda’s support for

the significant outreach of CCA within the New Haven community.

- Martin Gehner

Speaking of CCA, the following types of food items are most needed right now: shelf-stable milk, rice, juice, canned fruit.

CCA Director of Administration and Planning, Chairmain Yun, said that our last couple donations hit the mark exactly! Let's keep it going.

The Partnership with Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven is looking for volunteers!

They are experiencing an uptick in interested students and need volunteer literacy tutors to teach. The serve both native English speakers with low literacy levels and speakers of other languages who need to speak, read, write, and understand English.

In addition to volunteering, if you know anyone who could benefit from their services, don't hesitate to refer them.

You can contact the partnership via phone at (203)776-5899 or by visiting their website at https://lvagnh.org/

"I Wage Peace" Interfaith Service Day, August 6th

Interfaith Service Day brings a diversity of people from religious, non-religious and spiritual groups together in fellowship and service to others. As service project volunteers, we will work side by side with others from different traditions in support of worthy community service projects.

Please join us! Admission is free and open to all ages. Remember to sign up here to let us know you're coming.

Interfaith Service Day
Sunday August 6th
8:30 am to 4:00 pm
At the New Haven Green
(under shade of trees at College & Elm)

Bethesda Bible Study Details

The Bethesda Bible study meets every other Wednesday from 8AM to 9AM.

We will be meeting on Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 8 AM to finish discussing Act of the Apostles  along with NT Wright's Acts.

After that, we will be studying Paul's Letter to the Romans, along with the associated chapters in N.T. Wright's Romans.

Weekly Zoom link for meeting: https://yale.zoom.us/j/96108886279

Mission Investment Fund (MIF) Loan Update

Look for the Chimney in the Narthex - there you will find a QR code to give online. Let’s see how quickly we can pay back this loan!

Remember, for the cost of one fancy cup of coffee a week, together we can buy down this ten year loan!

You can choose to contribute online here or by notation in the comment line of a check. Thank you for your generosity!

Ministry at Bethesda

For pastoral care, please reach out to Elaine Ramshaw, congregation council president [email protected], (203)747-1343 

Deacon Jeff Hazewinkel will also be available after July 16th at (219)929-8684.

For other needs, reach out to Bethesda's administrator, Leigh Cromey [email protected] or (203)787-2346.

Prayer Requests

For healing and strength: Rebecca Lerud; Jack Hayward, family member of Miles Kirschner, who recently had neck surgery; John Ferreira, nephew of Chris Couture; George Arndt, father of Lynn Arezzini; Marie Gray; Sonja Krummrey; Maureen Anderson; Shirley Farm; Anne and Lee Keck; Kay Leone; Molly Dinneen; Matthew H., cousin of Tyler Fair

For our partners in the Gospel: the congregations and schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) and LuMin Campus Ministry; for Bethesda House and Yale Divinity School students.

For our Ecumenical Partners Worldwide: We pray for Gabon, Republic of Congo, Sao Tome and Principe. The Ecumenical Prayer Cycle takes us through every region of the world over the course of a year.

For Bethesda New Haven: that God continues to guide us into the future with ministries of witness, service, hospitality, and care while building up our community in all its diversity.

For those in candidacy or seeking candidacy for rostered leadership in the ELCA: Natalie Benson, Tyler Fair, Calli Micale, Tim Bergeland

For Pastor Tim and Pastor Kari Henkelmann Keyl on sabbatical May 22-August 21, that they may be renewed.

For Bethesda members traveling over the summer: Lee Family will be in Indiana, Iowa, North Dakota and Minnesota mid-July through early August; Maggie Astrup and Max Marmor spending time in Minnesota and Austria through August; the Franz Family in Alaska early August; Dianne Witte and Richard Ford traveling West for triathlon related travel through August; Ann Louise Onton headed to Japan in early August; Ike Harijanto who will be in Germany until the end of 2023.